Birds are breathing in high levels of airborne microplastics into their lungs—and, likely, so are we, with unclear effects on ...

"Birds serve as important indicators of environmental conditions." Scientists make disturbing discovery after examining the ...

But now, researchers at UC San Francisco are showing it’s also happening in the lungs. They found hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in human lung tissue that make red blood cells, as well as ...

Discover how diet affects lung cancer risk. Learn about the link between a high-fat, high-sugar diet and lung cancer ...

In addition, the use of human embryos in this study has led ... "We have observed that elevated levels of IGFBP3 in lung ...

Conrad and Looney looked for the HSCs in human lung tissue samples. They found them between blood vessels in an arrangement that was reminiscent of what's seen in bone marrow. "They really seem to ...

The Tissue Resources Shared Resource (SR) is a specialized unit of the Human Tissue Procurement Facility (HTPF) that supports Cancer Center member researchers by acquiring, preserving, and ...

In the study, "Evidence for Cytotoxicity and Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Human Lung Cells Exposed ... which come from lung cancer tissue and are commonly used in respiratory studies.

Research identifies how viral respiratory infection damages macrophages and suggests treatment with a pre-existing FDA approved drug.

The Lee laboratory studies the mechanisms governing homeostatic turnover and reparative programs in stem cells, with a focus on elucidating how tissue perturbations lead ... primary mouse and human ...